Spessard Holland Golf Course

Overview: Spessard Holland is a public 18-hole course on Florida's Space Coast, positioned between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian River in Melbourne Beach. Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay created a par-67 layout of about 5,018 yards, using the coastal setting, wind and compact scale to make a shorter course tactically interesting.

History: The course opened in 1977 and is part of Brevard County's public golf system. Golf Brevard and county records describe it as a county-owned public facility, while later management has continued the course's role as an accessible local layout rather than a private residential club.

Did You Know? Spessard Holland's location puts two different water landscapes into the same round: the Atlantic side and the Indian River side. That geography is more than a postcard detail, because coastal wind and the exposed setting can change club selection from one hole to the next.